Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2009)

A good movie

“Since I have enjoyed all the movies directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, I was really eager to check this flick. Eventuallly, even though I enjoyed it, it must be, unfortunately, his weakest directing so far (yeah, even the critically panned 'Alien : Resurrection' was better than this in my opinion). The first disappointment was that Jamel Debbouze was cast as the lead but dropped out and was replaced by another famous French comedian, Dany Boon who had just reached some major success with 'Bienvenue chez les Ch'ti'. Indeed, Debbouze was an appealing choice but Boon was a let-down since he is pretty annoying. Eventually, to be honest, Danny Boon was actually decent. Futhermore, as usual, Jeunet created a very appealing world, visually quite impressive some combination between 'Delicatessen' and” read more

Film Diary - 2012 (391 movies items)

"Directors: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Date watched: 18th December, 2012 Watched before: No, first watch. Thoughts: I'll admit I didn't fully understand it. Will need another watch methinks. Later. "

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Films Watched In 2011 (160 movies items)

"Oh man, such a disappointment. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the most interesting directors to emerge during the past couple of decades, but not by the means of this film. Micmacs, while boasting a highly refined visual style, fails to evoke any interest towards the oh-so-eccentric characters and their irritatingly random adventures. The story doesn't hold up to any scrutiny, nor is it even clever - something Jeunet usually excels in. Nevertheless, Micmacs is nowhere near a bad film, but I've com"